deehtz - 2009-10-25 1:23 PM MILESTONE SATURDAY !! for me
Quick Summary...
Mid August 2009 - "mid life crisis reaction"

led me to commit to a sprint triathlon in 2010
even "knowing" that I would have to walk the run portion since I had never been able to run even a whole minute as an adult without feeling sick and "pukey"
One week later - heard and tried some wise advise about running. LBS fellow
(and also a triathlete
) said to slow waaay down... even slower than my walk. I tried it and glory be! it worked. I could now jog, though very slowly. My goal became to jog a complete 5k by the end of December.
Mid September - jogging going so well that I moved up my goal to jog a complete 5K by Thanksgiving.
Beginning of October - goal is not only Thanksgiving but to jog the distance at least as fast as I could walk it ... avg 15 min/mile for the whole distance
October 24th - JOGGED 3.55 MILES THE WHOLE WAY. Avg 13 min 48 sec per mile. There are markers every .5 mile so I know that my pace was very consistent thru out.
I REACHED MY GOAL A WHOLE MONTH EARLY. I finally put both the distance and the pace together. I am SO PUMPED!! yeahhhh me!!!


